Frog Interactive Notebook

This is a simple interactive notebook 
for you students to complete as part of their learning about frogs and toads.

We enjoyed doing this unit on frogs. As we learned the differences between
frogs and toads but also 
We went even deepen on reproduction and how 
to tell frog and toad eggs apart.




We have used this notebook with our complete unit on frogs



Learning About Crabs


We love taking walks by the beach specially looking at the Hermit Crabs along the way.
This unit is in the form of an interactive notebook which you can have your kids
read first. It comes packed with an informational text.

You will insert the informational text on the interactive notebook and 
complete the activities and hands on little gluing and cutting projects.

This unit can go paired with any book on crabs or crustaceans.
You may also like my complete unit on Crustaceans.

You kids will learn the following about crabs.

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Details

Diversity of Crabs (photo album with different bold and colorful pictures of crabs)
Crabs as Crustaceans 
Other Crustaceans (photos)
Legs of a crab 
Predators
Body Parts (pocket with photos of crabs)
Body Parts informational text
Breathing and Crabs
Drawing activity
Female and Male Crabs
Drawing activity
Life cycle of crabs
Drawing Activity
Types of crabs (coconut crabs, hermit crabs)


Inserts that will go under each informational text page

Informational text will go inserted into interactive notebook




Hands on activities your kids will love


Note To Self:

"There is a good side to clutter. Learn to embrace it."




Our creative space is really a room in our home. That is in reality the smallest one. 
I guess what I am trying to say is, that in order to be creative you really don't need much. 
I, however, like to display every single map we have.

Clutter my space with every magazine cutting I find interesting.
Sort of like a Pinterest board.

On this day I was painting some hoodoos and my son was working on a
very interesting digging project. 

Other Stuff We Keep:

We also have an upright piano and a violin in this room. 
It is the room in the house where practicing takes place at times. 
In the back a big dry erase board fills the space with all the facts
we like to remember.

Note To Self:

"Create childhood memories that will stay with your kids forever. 
I surely remember the smell of my grandmother's chicken soup. Every time I 
come across the same aroma I suddenly remember the happy times."



Plants make me happy. 
I want to add some more to our school room this year. 
I have my eyes set on a few like the famous sissy plants. 
Don't you just love those pictures of people where there is always a plant somewhere?

Perhaps they look more realistic. 

The plant is also creating some cozy mood in the corner and black doors
really hide away all printers and more books we like to keep.
Closets are my best friends and even though we have some mess in this room.
There is the kind of overwhelming one that I do not like.


Digging Projects Are Soooooo Relaxing......

There is a time in every mom's life in which you wonder if your kids are still home
because you can hear the silence as time passes by.

Yes, it happened to me during the digging project.
My son was so into it, I was able to check my email, wash the dishes and even
steam the floors without getting a question from him.
Isn't that telling me something?

We need more of these projects................

I have heard of this project before
and has been in my TO DO LIST for the longest time.

We actually have never tried it until this day but I have seen so many
homeschooling moms use it while teaching about fossils, I had to give it a try.


A Little Box of Wonder

I like to call it a "little box of wonder".
The excavation kit comes with a brush, a digging tool with two
different ends glue. 
The glue is to be used to put the dinosaur together after excavation.
Your kids can keep this dinosaurs as their finished project.

Memories.....memories....memories.
Aren't they so cherished?


We also used water to help us excavate.
Definitely a great project for the outdoors, if the weather permits.
Unless
You are like me............
crazy enough to get your little ones to plaster away indoors.

Nooooooooo. You say?
Well......then

Outdoors it is!

Take a Closer Look at Our
Fossil Interactive Notebook


Art in our Homeschooling

This summer we are starting our art journal.
In it we will consistently keep all of the paintings we have been working on. 

When it comes to art, it is very important not to critizicee to lightly 
because after all your kids are still learning and stretching their
confidence with watercolors.


We were motivated by some youtuve channels that were very handy like the Art Sherpa


When it comes to faces and portrays there is more practice and sketching involved 
before you are able to add color. 
However, I think my son did a pretty good job here.


Some of the paintings were also inspired by Bob Ross and his PBS channel. 
We actually applied the same idea but in a smaller scale and with 
much less awesome brushes that he has.


Overall we have been very inspired to continue our journey with
watercolors and hope to implement our learning to other units as well.

Our Australia Unit

We are enjoying learning about Australia.

This unit is 53 pages long and it comes with an informational
text and comprehension questions.

If you purchase the entire unit you will be getting a lap book as well.
However, I like providing lap books separate so you can
pair with any other book on Australia.

You will have your kids learning about the country including 
the animals, the national symbols, the weather, time and aborigines.

Our Aborigine Body Painting



Download Entire Unit
  (with informational text and lap book included)


Some Extra Activities we did

While learning about the Aborigines we did some body painting.
We also made a passport because we intend to use it for every
country that we learn about.
You may download that for free down below.

Put together the Australian Continent.

Australia;s Flashcards






More of our day at this Unit Study
Making a Passport to Australia

Online Resources you can use 

Animal Videos


Emu Characteristics ( Online Article on this birds)
Dingo  (Online Article)
Frilled Lizard (Online Article)
Koalas for Kids (video)
Koalas Characteristics (online article)'
Kangaroo Characteristics (online article)
kangaroo Dundee (inside the life of a rescued kangaroo) about 1hr long
Wallaby characteristics (article from national geographic)
Platypus (video)
Platypus characteristics (online documentaries)
Platypus ( a long documentary)
Wombat (online article)
Wombat Video
Kookaburra (online article national geographic)
Kookaburra (video)

Documentaries

One hour long so hold on to your seats.


Crafty Ideas



I Share my board 

We read the book Wombat Stew and added this extra activity to our day

This is our lesson after reading the Book 
The Wombat Stew by Marcia K. Vaughn 
This is a great book
 to add if your kids are in early elementary level.

Here are some activities we did extra for this book

I made a questions sheet and had Daniel find the answers in the wombat stew. A fun way of relating to the reading.

Making a Wombat Stew like in the story....YUMMMMMMMYYYY!!!!!!!


Online Painting Resources

brisbanekids.com : In this site you can download several different projects for your kids to try and paint.